Sam is a senior public affairs and policy professional with over a decade’s experience in higher education, research, and innovation. As Director of Regional and National Policy at the University of Warwick, he leads government relations and stakeholder engagement. He has held senior roles at Universities UK and Imperial College London. In his spare time he is undertaking a doctorate at Warwick Business School looking at how senior leaders in higher education make sense of strategic risks and how they go on to mitigate them.